I made to Lt.Commander today.
It took along time to choose if to take an cruiser or an escort. I ended up choosing an escort, because of my characters tactical origin.
Though, I must say that most escort-ship types do not look very good, appearance vice. It Seems that cruisers and science vessels are generally better looking.
But I am happy of my ship anyway..and I love the turning rate and the firepower. Though little ship
I will maybe choose cruisers, when I make another character later.

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I'll agree there... the escort ships do need some new models, they look ugly even on high quality graphics... could have been a lot better...

I've seen a few of the Sovereign class ships that you get at Admiral (i think) and they look pretty cool... tempted to wait though and see which level the Vesta class comes out for...

Still not sure where they're going to put it... i'm assuming it's going to be science division, as that makes the most sense for it, but also could fit in exploration cruiser...

oh well, here's hoping CBS pull their finger out and get it authorised ASAP lol... i know a lot of people are waiting for the Odyssey class to hit the line, and i'll admit it's pretty... but gotta be Vesta class for me

I've been playing for a few days and am now in the fleet (), but I'm totally clueless as to what I should be doing. I played WoW for four years and it was so much more... straight forward, I suppose? I'm just lost in this game. Hopefully someone can help me figure it out soon?

should be able to click the star trek Delta symbol on the right by the map, bring up Episodes, and play your way through a few missions to get you going. If you see anyone around, feel free to ask questions, or I'd be willing to team up on a few missions with you (sure others will too)

can't even scratch the IRW Sithesh... unloaded 4 sets of photons towards it and 6 phaser banks, none of which even scratched it's shields... tried the mission 5 times now, all with the same result... fire fire, shields down, fire fire, dead...

can't even scratch the IRW Sithesh... unloaded 4 sets of photons towards it and 6 phaser banks, none of which even scratched it's shields... tried the mission 5 times now, all with the same result... fire fire, shields down, fire fire, dead...

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I'll try to get on in a little bit, if you're still around, to help out. I just did the hobus system last night on my science alt.

Just don't know when, my sister had all her teeth pulled so I'm taking care of her and her two kids, add in the Vicodin and I'm taking care of three kids.

I'll agree there... the escort ships do need some new models, they look ugly even on high quality graphics... could have been a lot better...

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I took a closer look of the types from STO wiki:
it seems that as far as escorts are concerned, the ugliest ships are in the Lt.Commander and Captain levels. On the Commander lever there is some nice ones, like Akira and Oslo ones.

Methos, maybe you should visit the Spacedock and see if you could get some other weapons to replace some of the phaser banks. I bought a dual-phaser bank today. Could not afford to anything else yet.
I am going to post my ship schematic later, if I manage to make an screencap

And with all that, i can't even bring one ships shields down, let alone scratch the hull... either something is seriously wrong with my weapons, or i've found a big bug in the game

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That particular console won't boost your weapons, because it's for cannons and not for beam weapons I'd suggest switching that out for a Photon Detonation Assembly to boost your torps or a Phaser Relay to boost your beams.

Also, something you'll find about having 2 torps in the same arc is that you won't be firing them as often as you think, as firing one resets the timer on the other (though not as long as a single torp reloading after firing), so you may find you're firing slower on the torps than you expected. I'd perhaps go with switching it around for one of your rear arc Beam Arrays. That way you've still got the same broadside and you can cover your rear with torps as others have suggested.

You may want to fit an RCS Accelerator Console into one of your Engineering slots, that way your brick will have a bit better turning circle. My suggestion would be to replace that centre console (I'm guessing its the one that gives you a slight boost to one of your power settings?) for said console.

And with all that, i can't even bring one ships shields down, let alone scratch the hull... either something is seriously wrong with my weapons, or i've found a big bug in the game

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That particular console won't boost your weapons, because it's for cannons and not for beam weapons I'd suggest switching that out for a Photon Detonation Assembly to boost your torps or a Phaser Relay to boost your beams.

Also, something you'll find about having 2 torps in the same arc is that you won't be firing them as often as you think, as firing one resets the timer on the other (though not as long as a single torp reloading after firing), so you may find you're firing slower on the torps than you expected. I'd perhaps go with switching it around for one of your rear arc Beam Arrays. That way you've still got the same broadside and you can cover your rear with torps as others have suggested.

You may want to fit an RCS Accelerator Console into one of your Engineering slots, that way your brick will have a bit better turning circle. My suggestion would be to replace that centre console (I'm guessing its the one that gives you a slight boost to one of your power settings?) for said console.

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He has twi Mk VIII phaser relays now. One is even a green... And switched a front torp with a rear phaser. He is also no longer running the defensive power preset. Works better now.